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{{trope}}
[[Character Rerailment]] is what happens when a [[Character Derailment|derailed character]] returns to their previous characterization. Generally this signals the end of a [[Dork Age]]. This may also follow a [[Running the Asylum|changing of the guard at the asylum]]. May also happen repeatedly if a character bounces [[Depending
See also, [[We Want Our Jerk Back]], [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* While in the past two or three volumes, she was [[Ax Crazy|murderously insane]] in pretty much every single chapter, in volume 8 of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Orihime from ''[[Bleach]]'' is an odd case of rerailment due to [[Character Development]] instead of undoing [[Character Derailment]]. She has recently gone back to being her humorous, perky self like how she was to begin with rather than the [[Broken Bird|broken, emotional character]] she's been portrayed as throughout the Hueco Mundo arc as a result of being kidnapped and watching her [[Love Interest]] being beaten to near death. This is because all her issues from said arc were wrapped up and she was free to be a content person once more.
* Mamoru Chiba from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' was subjected to quite the [[Character Derailment]] in the R season, going from a polite young man who still [[Brutal Honesty|didn't unnecessarily sugarcoat his words]] and ''did'' tell his (much-younger) girlfriend and her friends what he had in his mind, to a [[Angst|Angsty]] and broken mess who acted borderline abusive to her, badmouthing her to keep her away and safe, and caused her lots of turmoil (which once almost ''killed her'' since he would not tell her what he ''did'' have his reasons... when in fact said reasons ''did'' involve her and she had all the right to know). Fortunately, once he finally told her the truth and the arc reached its end, Mamoru's [[Out of Character]] half-season was put in a shelf and he returned to be the Senshi's [[Big Brother Mentor]] and a kind yet sincere boyfriend to Usagi. [[Never Live It Down|Too bad fandom won't let him live it down, though]]....him being put heavily [[Out of Focus]] in the next few seasons didn't help matters either.
* Jessie, James, and Meowth, the [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket trio]] from the ''[[Pokémon (
** That said, a lot of their fandom was gained as a result of their [[Badass Decay]] into a trio of [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|stooges]]. As always in the [[Broken Base]] of Pokemon, there are people who like them taking a level in badass and people who prefer them to be lovably pathetic.
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* Hal Jordan of the [[Green Lantern|Green Lanterns]] went through this after he [[Face Heel Turn|went insane]] and killed most of the other Lanterns. It was eventually revealed that he'd been possessed by Parallax, the embodiment of fear, and though at the time this seemed like an [[Ass Pull]] both Parallax and the Yellow Lanterns have gone on to become an integral part of the Green Lantern mythos. Oh, and all the dead Lanterns turn out to be alive.
* Writer [[Peter David]], who wrote ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' for 12 years, disliked the changes made by a subsequent writer so much that when he came back to write the title, he had the entire previous storyline revealed to have been [[All Just a Dream]].
* At this point, there are at least three different characterizations of [[Magneto]], with authors repeatedly [[Armed
* Like [[Peter David]], Alan Davis dismissed a later writer's run on ''[[
* [[X-Men|Gambit]] started off as a [[Rule of Cool]]-based, [[Mr. Fanservice]] [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Handsome Lech]] [[Death Dealer|Death Dealing]] [[Badass Longcoat]] who relished the challenge of getting his hands on the [[Forbidden Fruit]] Rogue, though stymied by his self-centered [[Jerkass]] qualities and the large number of people he pissed off in his thief career. Then, Rogue left him to die in Antarctica. After this, the result was a lot of [[Angst]] on Gambit's part, whose characterization was changed from the previously-described version to a [[Angst|Self-loathing]] [[The Atoner|Atoner]] desperate to punish himself for his (morally blameless) role in the Morlock Massacre. More recent adaptations, however, have reached back to the character's roots: ''[[X Men Origins: Wolverine
* The entire purpose of ''[[One More Day]]'' was to get Spider-Man single again and make him "young and fresh" again. In order to do this, he was made to [[Character Derailment|make a deal with Mephisto to save an OLD WOMAN from dying, at the cost of his wife and unborn child]], then was reset to being single, "young and fresh", and....living with his elderly aunt again. Safe to say, this [[This Loser Is You|didn't work out so well]], but later writers have done their best to salvage it.
* Shatterstar's an odd case in that the "rerailment" wasn't to his original characterization. ''[[X-Force]]'' had him slowly lose his rage, but handled it believably, and didn't give him [[Badass Decay]]. Rob Liefeld's work on the series snapped him back to his old self, but didn't do much with the possibilities involved. ''[[X-Factor (Comic Book)|X-Factor]]'' toned him down again, and has had more of a positive reception.
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* [[Fanfic]] sporkings sometimes have the characters derailed in the fic comment on what the character would have actually done in whatever situation the fic describes.
* The main aim of most [[Fix Fic|fixfics]].
* In [[
* One of the darker arcs (Dark!Jareth arc) of the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* Sonic in ''[[
** Earlier in the series, Knuckles went from a [[Sonic 3 and Knuckles
** After that, however, Knuckles' [[Hot-Blooded]] nature and bumbling naivete was [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] further in a case of [[Characterization Marches On]].
** Tails as well. For a few games, he simply became a walking toolkit for the team, losing the childlike and friendly aspects that made him interesting and likable in the first place (and that his character was built from). [[
* Axel from ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' underwent massive characterization changes and [[Badass Decay]] in ''[[
* In ''The Sands of Time'', the [[Prince of Persia]] was a snarky, slightly naive teenager ([[Vague Age|possibly]]) fresh from his first battle. In ''[[Rated "M" for Money|Warrior Within]]'', he became dark, brooding, and occasionally yelled obscenities at his enemies. ''The Two Thrones'' backpedaled to the characterization from ''Sands'', but [[Author's Saving Throw|justified]] his attitude in ''Warrior Within'' as the Prince's darker side - who manifests in ''The Two Thrones'' as the Prince's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].
* In ''[[Backyard Sports]]: Sandlot Sluggers'', every character from the original games (except Pablo) went back to their original characterization (though not their look), winning [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|huge applause]] in the process.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Crisis Core]]'' did this for the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' cast, particularly Cloud, Aerith and Yuffie. They weren't exactly the same as before, but this was [[Justified Trope]] by the game being set five years before the original game, and they were a lot closer to their original counterparts than they were in ''Advent Children'' and ''Dirge of Cerberus''. Aerith got her flirtiness and [[Plucky Girl]] traits back, Cloud regained his sense of humour and realistic levels of [[Angst]], and Yuffie regained her snarkiness and manipulativeness.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]: Cataclysm'' turned Sylvanas back into her old bitchy, vengeful, bitter, snide, condescending, determined, manipulative self that had been gone since [[Warcraft III]].
* In the ''[[
** Curiously enough, in the ''Mystery Dungeon'' games, both Mewtwo and Deoxys (the latter being the first game's [[True Final Boss]]) in the first game and Giratina in the sequel are for some reason all depicted on the side of good. Now guess who the bad guy is, considering all of this...
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Bowser]] after becoming a lame sitcom dad who just wanted to ruin Mario's vacation in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' actually became a [[Galactic Conqueror]] in both ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', where not only did the Koopa King want to take over the entire Mushroom Kingdom, but also all of outer space as well.
** Similarly, King Boo was actually first introduced as [[Nightmare Fuel|a demonic, sinister, and outright terrifying villain]] in his debut game, ''[[
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
* One of the main points to the first season of ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' is to '''finally''' mend Kevin's abrupt, unexplained shift in characterization and powers that occurred in ''Alien Force'', ultimately culminating in {{spoiler|using his old, sanity-warping powers as a means to save the world, and becoming evil again as a side-effect.}}
** Vilgax's characterization and vocals<ref>Though rather than [[Steven Blum]], he's voiced by [[John Dimaggio]].</ref> in one of the ''Alien Force'' video games, ''Vilgax Attacks!'', was much closer to how he was portrayed in the first series.
** Vilgax also regained his original series' personality in the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'', what with {{spoiler|outsmarting an [[Eldritch Abomination]] '''God'''}} and what not.
* [[The Simpsons]]: Homer goes from [[Jerkass]] to the original Homer sometimes at will.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' horribly subverted this trope with Stewie: {{spoiler|in the season 9 premiere, he killed a character for first time in years and revealed that he still wanted to kill Lois. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Fans cheered upon seeing this]], thinking that the old Stewie was back. Three episodes later, it was shown that Stewie wasn't going back to his old self, much to the fans' disappointment.}}
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* The DCAU team has admitted that Superman got [[The Worf Effect|derailed into a punching bag]] during the early days of ''[[Justice League]]'' and took steps in further episodes to remind viewers why he's, well, ''Superman''.
* Recent characterizations of [[Daffy Duck]] have attempted, with varying levels of success, to get him back to his [[Cloudcuckoolander|daffier]] roots. ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'', latest in the line of reboots, has [[Flanderization|flanderized]] him to the point of [[Ambiguous Disorder]].
* Although unintentional, the real reason why [[Beast Wars
* Zigzagged with [[Mickey Mouse]]: He was originally depicted as a brave action hero, but later shorts changed him into a laid-back slacker while [[Donald Duck]] took the spotlight. Now, he's either back to being an action hero [[Epic Mickey|in several]] [[Kingdom Hearts|video games]], is [[House of Mouse|the owner of a nightclub for other Disney characters]], or a lame [[Dora the Explorer]]-esque kids' show host.
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